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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Jumbo #200024 05/26/2011 7:04 PM Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1 The Speaker stranger The Speaker stranger Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1 Hi, Yes, Jumbo was the elephant from Africa, but so is the word Jambo. In Swahili, Jambo means hello. A greeting will often be 'Jambo, habari gani', meaning, 'Hello, how are you?' As often in the English language, the person who heard the word first, probably expressed, as the Africans usually do, in a great booming voice, 'JAMBO! with their arms open wide. It's easy to see that with the strange accent, this would be heard as 'Jumbo'. I rest my case. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: jambalaya The Speaker #200025 05/26/2011 7:38 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Jumbo was named after the prawn of the same name. When you throw one of those little bugs on the BBQ, they snap, crackle, and pop. I rest my case. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: jambalaya zmjezhd #200031 05/26/2011 11:25 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Welcome Speaker ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,449 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,261 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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